Popular
A slow-speed range for short-run newspapers and handbills. Robust rheology keeps it easy to handle.
- Press
- Web offset
- Paper
- Standard newsprint from 45 GSM, white prints, map-lithos
- Packing
- 25 kg buckets
Newspaper presses
News Ink
Slow-speed, high-speed and high-speed UV inks engineered specifically for newspaper presses.
Safe, cost-effective news inks for every kind of newspaper printer, made for high mileage on both regular and glossy paper.
Pick by press speed: slow-speed inks for lower volumes on newer machines, high-speed inks for long runs, and high-speed UV where productivity comes first. Every range is aimed at the same thing — getting more copies per kilo with less wastage.
- Process — Web offset newspaper printing
- Range — Slow-speed, high-speed and high-speed UV
- Paper — Regular and glossy newsprint
- Aim — High mileage, less wastage
Our news-ink ranges
Speeds are copies per hour (CPH) on web offset presses.
Polar
A slow-speed range for cold-set web offset presses running in the mid-speed band.
- Press
- Cold-set web offset
- Range
- Slow-speed
Wifag Series
High-speed inks for long newspaper runs. They transfer well up to top press speed and reach ink–water balance quickly on a cold start, so less paper is wasted.
- Press
- High-speed overshot inking (Wifag)
- Paper
- Standard newsprint from 38 GSM
- Standard
- ISO 2846-2
- Packing
- 1,000 kg fluid bags
TKS Series
4×1 press, undershot inking design, 38 GSM+. Excellent press stability for mottle-free solids at top speed, fast ink-water balance on cold starts, supports various pumping systems.
- Standard
- ISO 2846-2
- Packing
- 205 kg seamless barrels, 1,025 kg metallic totes
High-speed UV
Higher productivity through quick curing and high printing speed. Stays free of scratch marks even under heavy coverage, and holds up across long runs.
- Curing
- UV
- Finish
- Excellent gloss
- Best for
- High-speed, long runs
Express
Cold-set web offset, 42 GSM+. Short-to-medium newspaper runs and leaflets, enhanced colour intensity to lower cost per page.
- Packing
- 25 kg buckets, 205 kg barrels
Polar Plus
Cold-set web offset, 42 GSM+. Medium-to-long runs, mail orders, catalogues, posters. Fast ink-water balance on cold starts.
- Standard
- ISO 2846-2
- Packing
- 25 kg buckets, 205 kg barrels
Polar Super
Cold-set web offset, 40 GSM+. Medium-to-long runs, mail orders, catalogues, textbooks, posters.
- Standard
- ISO 2846-2
- Packing
- 25 kg buckets, 205 kg barrels
Text Book Series
For textbook printing on map-litho, cream-ove and white prints — sturdy rheology, no mechanical defects in finishing.
- Packing
- 25 kg buckets
Comfort Series
Web offset, 42 GSM+. Medium-run newspapers and mail orders on double-width presses, cost-efficient for long runs.
- Packing
- 205 kg barrels, 1,025 kg totes
Colorman Series
4×2 press, undershot inking, 38 GSM+. Long newspaper and mail-order runs on MAN presses.
- Standard
- ISO 2846-2
- Packing
- 205 kg barrels, 1,025 kg totes
Why newspaper printers use it
What the pressroom notices.
High mileage
Formulated to go further, so each kilo covers more copies.
Less wastage
Quick ink–water balance and stable behaviour on press cut wasted paper and time.
Regular and glossy paper
Works on standard newsprint as well as glossy stock.
Safe and cost-effective
Dependable results without pushing up the cost per copy.